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Bunny bashing?
It was a classical street fight
between man and nature As
usual, man won. Nature was
beaten to a pulp
By last Sunday, Idaho farmers
had slaughtered more than
50.000 jack rabbits in an attempt
to prevent damage to potato
and hay crops
The killings started out clum
sily On their first "organized"
drive, the death toll was under
1.000 But they got better at it
In increments of as many as
15.000 a day, rabbits were
herded into funnel-shaped traps
and bashed to death with
baseball bats or had their
throats slit
In one attempt to make the
killings seem more humane,
thousands of rabbits were
chased into ditches and gassed
That didn't work well enough
One man offered to build an
electrocution pen for $10,000
The farmers didn't have that
kind of money and stuck with
their baseball bats
Pictures of smiling men wav
ing clubs and youngsters on
their knees pounding the life out
terrified rabbits inspired the
outrage of a few animal protec
tion groups near Monteview,
Idaho, where the massacre took
place But there were only a few
Greenpeace, the group that
made “save the whales a
household term, let the incident
slide John O'Renick, Eugene
Greenpeace office manager,
agreed with the farmers that
Idaho's jack rabbit population
had to be reduced He wouldn't
comment on the methods
farmers used
An official at Greenpeace's
main office in Vancouver, BC„
said the environmental group
wasn't concerned because jack
rabbits aren't an endangered
species
"So many things go on that
are cruel to animals," said Pat
Nelson from the Vancouver of
fice, “We can't be involved in
them all."
Other animal protection
groups have called for boycotts
on Idaho farm products until
farmers can find a better way to
destroy their pests The day
after the announced boycotts,
farmers bashed another 15,000
bunnies.
"People don't boycott very
good when they're hungry,"
said one
At Eugenes Greenhill
Humane Society, the attitude
matches that of most who
cringe at the thought but con
tinue to eat french fries
"These animals should be
euthanized," Carmen Kunkle, a
volunteer at Greenhill, admitted
wistfully "But there are humane
ways to do it "
Stories of children helping
with the killing disturbed her the
most
"It's really gross that adult
people take children out to do
things like that They'll raise
another generation as callous
as they are "
Perhaps she's right They'll
raise another generation that
believes in man's omnipotence
over nature — until nature
decides to make us pick on
someone our own size
SUAB beefs up ASUO lobby
ASUO executive coordinator
John Moore announced that the
ASUO's plan of action tor lob
bying the state legislature dur
ing its current special session is
almost in place and enlisted the
help of the Student University
Affairs Board at its Thursday
meeting
The ASUO will attempt to
recruit a large number of
students next week to make up
a lobbying delegation, Moore
said, citing the revenue and
education committees of both
houses as targets
The delegation will not have
to deal with the Ways and
Means Committee or its educa
tion subcommittees because
lobbyists from the Oregon
Student Lobby an organization
representing the students of
most of the state colleges, will
cover those areas
Students will be asked to offer
one day a week for the special
session's duration, Moore said,
adding that ASUO officials
realize there will be attrition
Interested students will need
to attend a two-hour informal
session on lobbying Thursday,
and John Stewart, ASUO vice
president for state and public
affairs, will interview interested
students next Friday, he said
Students chosen for the
"lobbying team' will be briefed
assigned committees, debriefed
each day they lobby and may be
able to use a University car to
travel to Salem, Moore said
SUAB chairer Gale Graham
expressed pleasure in being
asked by the ASUO Executive to
lobby, and SUAB members
decided to lobby in Salem Jan
19
"We've spent a good four
months getting SUAB back to its
proper place," Graham said
about his contention that the
ASUO asked Student University
Relations Council to perform
many functions SUAB could
have last year
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